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8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning — hope you have a productive Wednesday. Temperatures won’t be nearly as high as they’ve been the past two days, but the heat index is still going to hover in the mid-90s. Still best to stay inside if at all possible. Here are eight things to know to get Hump Day started. Pretrial motions will be heard today in the case of Garrett Miller, the next officer to go on trial in the death of Freddie Gray. Judge Bary Williams will preside over the case — as he has for the previous four…

DNC Notebook: The Big Dog steps up for Hillary

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PHILADELPHIA – In 2012, I thought Bill Clinton might have won the election for President Barack Obama. At the ’12 Democratic convention, Clinton didn’t just speak on behalf of Obama. He testified for him, vouched for him, even after the distant, sometimes-rancorous relationship they had during the 2008 campaign. Clinton made the case for Obama’s re-election better than Obama would the next night. I can’t remember a line from Obama’s speech. I still remember how Clinton summed up Mitt…

With their convention speakers, are Democrats...

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PHILADELPHIA — In 2012, CEOs and small businesses had their day at the Democratic National Convention with high-profile entrepreneurs like the founders of Costco and CarMax getting prime-time speaking slots along with a small businessperson and the head of the Small Business Administration. So far this year, the number of speakers with a business background has trailed 2012, and that has delegates and Democrats with a small-business background concerned about whether they and their issues are…

These companies are expanding to Baltimore — and...

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Prepared meals services — companies like Blue Apron and Plated that deliver ingredients for a meal to your home — are big business these days. Now two San Francisco companies are taking the concept in a new direction, and the partnership on Tuesday introduced the service to Washington and Baltimore. Here’s how it works: PlateJoy, a nutrition startup, asks its subscribers questions about allergies, appetite, weight goals, schedules, preferences and other details and then generates a meal plan…

National Aquarium teams with Dogfish Head for new...

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If you ever thought the National Aquarium needed to get into the craft beer game, then starting next month, you are in luck. Of course, the National Aquarium, located along the Inner Harbor, will not be brewing its own beer. A new multi-year partnership with Dogfish Head Brewery out of Delaware will see the popular beer company release SeaQuench Ale in collaboration with the aquarium beginning Aug. 1. As part of the partnership, Dogfish Head will become the official craft beer of the National Aquarium…

Trump says he'd support $10 minimum wage

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Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are “too high.”



from http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/trump-says-hed-support-10-minimum-wage/40906412

Inside Tesla's ginormous Gigafactory

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Out in the desert, just off Electric Avenue east of Sparks, Nevada, over 1,000 workers are building what will be the largest building in the world in terms of its footprint over the ground.



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Coupon: $20 off at IKEA

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Just in time to outfit college dorm rooms, IKEA comes to the rescue.

Use a coupon to save $20 on a $150 purchase. The coupon can be combined with IKEA Family offers but not with other discounts or on food. Exclusion are printed on the coupon.

Also, join the free IKEA Family reward club to get freebies…

Twitter stock falls 10% on weak sales

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Even if you build it, they may not come. Twitter reached 313 million monthly active users in the quarter that ended in June, a gain of just three million users from the previous quarter. That’s despite efforts to attract new users by adding more vide…



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Apple sales fall for second straight quarter

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For 13 years, Apple wowed investors with consistent sales growth fueled by the iPod, iPad and, more than anything else, the iPhone – which accounts for the majority of the company’s revenue. No longer. Apple posted sales of $42.4 billion for the quar…



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